At the typical connection of wood TJI floor joist to exterior shearwall, can I splice the plywood at the center of a LVL Rim Board, P.E.N. ea. side of the splice to achieve shear transfer to the lower wall, and then utilize the rim board as my 3x "sill plate" ? I am trying to eliminate the need...
I have 6" metal studs that are placed in front of a masonry wall to form the parapet. They are hanging from the wall and extend 5' past the top of the wall. I was planning on having angle braced studs from the masonry wall to the studs to carry the load. How do I connect an angled (45 deg.)...
Excuse me for being behind the ball a bit. I have just finished up all of my 2001 CBC work and now beginning to look at the new code requirements a little deeper. As I understand it, ASD wood design hasn't changed any (i,e, fa/Fa and fb/Fb), and LRFD is a similar fashion just added adjustment...
This question pertains to the section 3.4.3.2(e) of the 2001 NDS. This formula is completely different than the one listed in the 1994 UBC. The 94 UBC lists the value of d' rather than dn. The 1994 UBC formula seems to reflect a chamfer cut beam rather than the notch shown in the 2001 NDS...
I am re-evaluating an existing pre-manufactured metal building with tapered web girders. I am using RAM Advance for the analysis and I have run into some problems with how they analyze certain items. The first being, Qa the reduction factor for stiffened slender members. My first question is...
